Sub-lethal and chronic salinity tolerances of three freshwater insects: Cloeon sp. and Centroptilum sp. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) and Chironomus sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4024-4032

  Hassell, Kathryn L ^a   Kefford, Ben J ^a   Nugegoda, Dayanthi ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Ephemeroptera; Salinity; Stream invertebrate; Sub lethal; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; FRESH WATER; INSECTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BAETIDAE; CENTROPTILUM; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SP.; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CLOEON; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751084912     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02457     Document Type: Article

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